by: HotTopics.TV Updated: Feb 8, 2017 – 5:55 AMCHICAGO – A father with cancer is thanking a former classmate for saving his toddler from a rare disease by donating a kidney.The past few years have been difficult for the Wagner family. According to “Today,” Ryan and Ashley Wagner were high school sweethearts and got married in July 2013.>> Need something to lift your spirits? Read more uplifting newsIn December, Ashley learned she was pregnant. That happy news was quickly followed by Ryan’s devastating diagnosis. Doctors discovered that what Ryan thought was a stomach bug was actually stage 4 colon cancer. People with similar diagnoses are usually given five years to live.“The reality of it was too much,” Ashley told …READ MORE ON FOX25BOSTON.COM